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So the National Executive Committee (NEC) has agreed to charge £3 for non-members to vote in the primaries for the London Mayoralty. I don’t think it’s the right decision but in truth the state of democracy in the capital throws up bigger…
The Labour party has made the mistake of treating the primary election process in London as something to be got out of the way, rather than seeing its potential to get people re-engaged in politics. Both the decision to charge potential…
Meeting London’s housing need – it sounds like a simple idea, but it hasn't happened for decades. If there is one aim politicians of all parties should meet over the next 5 years, this must be it. It is the single biggest thing we can do to…
For those of us who believe in progressive taxation the last few weeks in London Labour have been pretty dismal. We seem to have an array of Labour MPs (mainly wannabe London mayoral candidates) and council leaders rushing to the press…
The timetable for Labour's Mayoral selection 'primary' has been confirmed by the party this week. Following the party's special conference and Collins Review this year, it was agreed that the selection would be open to party members…
Perhaps it was around the time when the sitting MP for Uxbridge, John Randall, announced he was retiring - opening up a clear opportunity for Johnson to re-enter the Commons at next year's general election, and thus stay in frontline…
Since Labour conference, the majority of Labour's potential London mayoral candidates have been critical of the party's Mansion Tax proposals. However one presumptive candidate has been consistently positive about the plans - Sadiq Khan…
The two-party system is on the way out. If there is a political lesson from the last two months, then that is it. The SNP’s popularity in Scotland and the rising stock of UKIP south of the border tell a clear story of people fed up with…
Margaret Hodge has joined Tessa Jowell as one of the front-runners in the Labour Mayoral race, according to the latest Evening Standard poll. Today's poll, carried out by YouGov, shows that amongst Labour supporters Hodge is in clear second…
Sadiq Khan has been given a new role in Labour's election campaign, running a unit charged with dealing with the threat from the Green Party over the next seven months. The New Statesman's George Eaton reveals that Khan has been handed the…
Every week, two classrooms of London children take up smoking. Every year, 8,400 Londoners die from smoking – the number one cause of preventable deaths in our capital city. 1.2 million residents of London are smokers, higher than New York…
Tessa Jowell has now all but confirmed that she will put her name forward to be Labour candidate for London Mayor in 2016, saying that she is "preparing her plan" but says now "isn't the time for declaration". When asked on LBC today…
